Trip to Mexico August 2010

The day started out at 4:45 this morning with the sound of a beeping alarm. We had only an hour and 15 minutes before we were set to leave San Angelo yet there were still so many things we needed to do. Nevertheless at 6am the first of 4 groups departed for Houston TX and met the 2nd part of our group in Mason, TX at 8:00 a.m. We drove 7 hrs on down to Houston taking many unplanned excursions through parts of Austin and Brenham. The guys all rode with Justin and were leading the pack. Arlene was driving the girls in the pickup jamming to Casting Crowns. We met up with the pair of men from Alvarado who were waiting for us at the airport, and the couple from Springfield, MO were hurrying to catch us as we started checking in at the terminal. The 2 ½ hr. flight arrived in Villa Hermosa, Chiapas at 8:30 p.m. We were met by a flurry of large mosquitoes like a covey of quail on a Saturday morning. Rain has been fluent in this area which has made the mosquitoes flourish in number and size. We processed thru customs without incident only to realize that RA’s main bag had been lost which contained many of his clothes and a lot of instruction material. We are hopeful that the bag will arrive by tomorrow night, which would only cause minimal disruption in our plan. As we left the airport for our first night out, we entered the double doors only to realize that we were definitely in a tropical area. The humidity and temperature were both in the high 80’s. The fact is – we are no longer in West Texas, but God has been good. The chance of rain has dropped off significantly for the time we will be here. We arrived at the Hotel about 10:00p.m. and everyone is checked in and settled. We are planning to start with a breakfast meeting around 8:30 where we will plan for an alternative way to print instruction material in case our lost bag doesn’t make it soon. Please keep our team members in your prayers. They are: Thomas Bowes, Brandon Hall, Wilson & Judy Gaunt, Judy Presley, Justin McFarland, Sonny & Gracie Hatten, Ceil Warden, Cindy Morris, Martin Venegas, RA and Arlene Evans.